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A searchable database for BBC Radio 6 Music – Radcliffe and Maconie's The Chain, officially the longest listener-generated thematically linked sequence of musically based items on the radio.

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6748. Abba – SOS

ABBA

Suggested by David possibly in Swindon, but definitely on his way home to Winchester

^ From a song than mentions a park bench to a greatest hits album that features photo of the band on a park bench. Here’s the first track from it…

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6747. Simon and Garfunkel – Old Friends

Simon & Garfunkel

Suggested by Fred the cockney in Macclesfield

^ From Bibliotek to the album Bookends and this tune from it…

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6746. Momus – Bibliotek

Momus

Suggested by Jonathan from Kentish Town

^ Double link: Josef K and Momus are both Kafka characters AND ex members of Josef K started a group called The Happy Family with Nick Currie, who went on to make music as Momus…

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6745. Josef K – It’s Kinda Funny

Josef K

Suggested by John in Portland, Oregon

^ From one Postcard act to another…

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6744. The Go-Betweens – Head Full Of Steam

The Go-Betweens

Suggested by Stan in St Helens in Merseyside

^ From Smoke to Steam….

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6743. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles – More Love

Smokey Robinson, The Miracles

Suggested by James Notts from Stretford in Manchester, just up the road from the Goblin factory

^ From one album that was renamed to another…

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